India’s current residential rooftop solar capacity accounts for roughly just 27% of its total rooftop capacity (Nexdigm, 2025). In a country where households vastly outnumber factories, this...
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The Fish Farmers Who Feed the World But Cannot Feed Their Families
Raghu woke up early and turned off the aerators in the ponds on his two-acre property, preparing to feed the shrimp. As he started rowing his boat, his wife called. “The boy’s family called,” she...
Geopolitics and Clean Energy Futures: What Should Be India’s Position?
The decade of 2020 is scarcely half done, and already the world has been plunged into at least two high-stakes armed conflicts and another on the battlefield of global public health in the shape of...
The Missing Link in Heat Action Planning: Financing for Implementation
Heat action plans (HAPs) have rapidly proliferated across Indian cities, reflecting growing recognition that extreme heat is a governance challenge that requires a coordinated response. As discussed...
Anatomy of Heat Action Plans: Comparing City-Level Responses to Extreme Heat
The previous blog mapped how extreme heat in India has evolved from sporadic crises to a growing policy priority, spurring Heat Action Plans (HAPs) and prompting the National Disaster Management...
Cooling the Cloud: India’s Data Centre Sustainability Challenge
Festival greetings now reach millions of screens in an instant, but behind every image, video, and voice note, data is processed and routed through data centres before it reaches a phone. What most...
Changing Landscape of the “Rice Bowl of India”
Did you know that in Chhattisgarh, a single grain—paddy—dictates the economic fate and daily livelihoods of nearly 80% of the population? Today, agriculture remains the heartbeat of the state,...
From Heatwaves to Heat Action Plans: How Extreme Heat Entered the Policy Agenda
Rising temperatures, dense built-up areas, and changing climate patterns have elevated extreme heat from an occasional disaster situation into a force that strains how Indian cities function,...
Climate Exposure of India’s Real Estate: A New Risk Horizon
India’s real estate sector, which accounts for 13% of its gross domestic product (GDP), is projected to reach USD 1 trillion by 2030 (IBEF, 2025), underscoring the sector's growing economic...